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  Industry | 11/3/2025

  Spain, Germany, France and Italy undertake to boosting the competitiveness of European industry

  The Berlin Declaration, within the revived high-level ministerial “Friends of Industry” meeting, focuses on industrial sovereignty, technological leadership, decarbonisation, critical raw materials and the defence industry. The Minister for Industry and Tourism, Jordi Hereu, is convinced that ‘Europe needs a united industry to face the scale of the opportunities. Together we must provide a reliable framework and impetus for growth, innovation and competitiveness’. The countries that signed this Declaration, along with Spain, were Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, the Czech Republic, Finland, France, Germany, Italy, Lithuania, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, and Slovenia

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  Industry | 10/31/2025

  Hereu highlights the €13 million that La Farga has received to reduce energy costs and improve its sustainability

  The Ministry of Industry and Tourism has doubled the budget to offset CO2 emissions, reaching €600 million in the 2025 call for proposals. During the visit, the minister highlighted the company's commitment to sustainability, decarbonisation and the circular economy, fundamental pillars of the industrial transformation being fostered by the government. La Farga is now an internationally renowned industrial group that produces 257,591 tonnes of copper annually, 58% of which comes from recycled material.

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  Industry | 10/30/2025

  Spain supports the revision of the guidelines for compensating indirect CO2 costs, which will benefit more companies in the chemical sector

  The Secretary of State for Industry, Jordi García Brustenga, is delighted that work is being done on this review, and he has announced that the preliminary public consultation process to amend the Royal Decree regulating CO2 compensation aid has been published today.

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  Tourism | 10/29/2025

  The seats provided for in international flights on november 9M over 5,3% more than a year ago

  Among the main broadcasting markets, italy experienced higher growth with an increase of 5.9 per cent.Between the latin american countries, Colombia and mexico reported the largest volume of scheduled capacitiesStresses the acceleration of turkey, Czech Republic, poland and ireland with a projection-digit growth

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  Industry | 10/24/2025

  Hereu announces the extension of the deadline to apply for aid from line B of the PERTE VEC IV value chain until 31 October

  The Minister of Industry and Tourism made this announcement during a visit to the facilities of the CROPU Group in Burgos, which is celebrating its 50th anniversary this year, where three of its companies in the automotive components sector have received €7.8 million from PERTE VEC to develop five R&D projects with a view to consolidating their market leadership. The Ministry of Industry and Tourism is committed to these companies that are striving towards sustainable mobility, fostering the attraction of new investment and creating skilled jobs with European funds. Castile and León has benefited from almost €900 million in investment through PERTE, aid for CO2 emissions compensation, aid for gas-intensive and electricity-intensive companies, and aid for tourism in the region.